Geoff Winningham
Artist
Mike Mandel
(American, born 1950)
Date1975
MediumPhotolithograph
DimensionsImage: 3 1/8 × 2 3/16 inches (7.94 × 5.56 cm)
Sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 inches (8.89 × 6.35 cm)
Sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 inches (8.89 × 6.35 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.67.38.83
SignedCopyright printed on card verso, bottom, in black: "Gum by Topps Chewing Gum, Brooklyn / Litho by Mike Roberts, Berkeley / © Mike Mandel"
InscribedName printed on sheet recto, bottom, in white: "Geoff [sic] Winningham";
Statistics and quote by respective artist printed on card verso, in black: "Height: 5’ 9”/ Weight: 175 / Born: Jackson, Tenn. USA / Home: Houston, Texas / Throws: Right / Bats: Right FP: Polycontrast / FC: Leica M-3 FF: Tri-X / FD: Microdol-X / FPh: Many / Geoff Winningham / When I was a kid, baseball was my / favorite sport. I played from the / age of eight, but each successive / year of my career my abilities as a / hitter diminished. By the age of / twelve I struck out nine out of ever / ten. Thus my career ended. The / following year the local doctor de- / termined that I had 20/200 vision and / fitted me with glasses. I immediately / noticed that the individual leaves of / a tree in my front year were visible / form my window, that I like some / girls more than other, and I bought / a camera."
MarkingsNumber printed inside baseball image, on card verso, upper right, in black: "83"
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